Why These Private Investigators?

Our goal is to connect people with the best local experts. We scored private investigators on more than 25 variables across five categories, and analysed the results to give you a hand-picked list of the best private investigators in Columbia, SC.

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Our Selection Criteria:

1. Reputation

A history of delighted customers and outstanding service.

2. Credibility

Building customer confidence with licensing, accreditations, and awards.

3. Experience

Masters of their craft, based on years of practical experience and education.

4. Availability

Consistently approachable and responsive, so customers never feel ignored.

5. Professionalism

Providing service with honesty, reliability, and respect.

America's Private Investigation Network, Inc.

America’s Private Investigation Network, Inc. is a licensed, bonded, and insured firm in Columbia providing discreet investigative services. The company utilizes state-of-the-art technology including tracking devices, special cameras able to record in extremely low light, digital video recorders capable of recording four cameras simultaneously, and the ability to sweep homes and vehicles for audio, video, and tracking devices. The firm’s investigators include veteran police officers and military veterans. Cases solved by the company’s private investigators involve murder, sexual assault, armed robbery, drug charges, auto theft, missing persons, worker’s compensation, divorce, infidelity, wrongful death, property title searches, and much more. America’s Private Investigation Network is a member of the National Association of Investigative Specialists, Inc. and is approved by the SC Commission on Indigent Defense.

Anthony Proietta & Associates Investigations, LLC

Anthony Proietta & Associates Investigations, LLC is a private investigation firm in Columbia providing investigative services to attorneys and the general public. The company is licensed by the SC Law Enforcement Division, bonded, and insured, and is a member of the National Association of Professional Process Servers. Investigative services include cases involving adultery, background investigations, child custody disputes, civil and criminal investigations, computer forensics, insurance claims, service of civil process, skip tracing, and worker’s compensation claims. Related services include GPS tracking rental, covert wireless camera rental, mobile notary public, and information services such as unlisted telephone trace, criminal and civil background checks, and more. Other services include bonding company and security officer services.

Byrd Investigations, LLC

Byrd Investigations, LLC is a private investigation firm in Columbia with more than five decades of collective experience in civil, domestic, and criminal investigations. The firm is experienced in all types of civil and criminal issues in the workplace and offers services in computer forensics, civil process service, and GPS tracking solutions. Other services include investigations and consultation in arrest issues involving excessive force and probable cause with detailed investigation reports and expert opinions in the areas of police procedures and arrest techniques.

HITEK Services

HITEK Services is a licensed firm in Columbia offering private investigations, security, and computer services with more than four decades of previous experience in law enforcement. The investigation team is supported by a resource team comprised of professional associates with backgrounds in the legal fields of health, medical, domestic, civil, and criminal law. The firm specializes in domestic surveillance, infidelity investigations, insurance fraud, background checks, and locating individuals. Security services include the installation and maintenance of video cameras and customizable systems for monitoring homes, small businesses, or large corporations. HITEK Services also provides a variety of IT administration services for homes and businesses to maintain system updates, anti-virus, spyware, and malware software, and more. Other computer services include remote and offsite backup services for data protection and data retrieval for case evidence in criminal and civil matters using stealth technology. The firm also offers clients onsite service and phone support for any computer, network, or cabling problem and free initial consultations.

JWP Investigations

JWP Investigations is a private investigation firm in Lexington under the leadership of retired Lexington County Deputy Sheriff, John W. Philips, with over 25 years of law enforcement investigative experience. His professional experience included criminal and crime scene investigations, domestic violence, child and elder abuse, and the successful investigation and prosecution of a dozen capital murder cases. Professional clients reported “reliable, knowledgeable, professional, and results-oriented,” “always accessible and thorough,” and “extremely capable with client and witness interviews.”

MAXIM Investigative Services, LLC

MAXIM Investigative Services, LLC is a full-service investigative company in Lexington specializing in surveillance and insurance fraud with nearly two decades of experience. The firm offers monitoring services including video using state-of-the-art equipment, database searches, thorough background investigations covering courthouse records, motor vehicle reports, and the internet, and direct and indirect activity checks. Other services include locating missing persons including witnesses, debtors, or family members and professional interviews for managing claims providing detailed reports and recording where required. MAXIM Investigative Services holds memberships in the National Association of Investigative Specialists, Inc. and the South Carolina Association of Licensed Investigators.

Metts Investigations

Metts Investigations is a licensed private investigation firm with offices in Columbia, Charleston, Mount Pleasant, Sumter, and Summerville providing undercover investigations throughout SC. The company employs state-of-the-art technology in surveillance including hidden cameras and GPS tracking, and every investigator stays updated in the latest techniques. Metts Investigations handles cases involving infidelity, insurance claims, employee behavior, child support enforcement and custody disputes, process serving, and investigations requiring undisputed video evidence. The firm has extensive experience in handling celebrity cases and has provided services to some of America’s highest-profile individuals including actors, models, professional athletes, business and political leaders, and wealthy families.

Southern Investigative Services, LLC

Southern Investigative Services, LLC is a licensed private investigation firm in Columbia, SC specializing in cases involving domestic disputes, insurance fraud, background checks, criminal and civil investigations, missing person cases, corporate issues, and more. The staff is experienced in covert surveillance using the latest technology and has more than two decades of experience in law enforcement.